Unit 14 - Using Gaelic on the phone and on the internet
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- °ä²¹¾±°ù¾±²õ³Ùì´Ç²Ô²¹: A bheil thu deiseil?
- Are you ready?
- ³§±ðò²Ô²¹¾±»å: Tha.
- Yes.
- °ä²¹¾±°ù¾±²õ³Ùì´Ç²Ô²¹: Gu Maighstir Uilleam Mac a' Ghobhainn, seach-deug Srà id na Bà nrigh, Obar Dheathain.
- To Mr William Smith, 17 Queen Street, Aberdeen.
- ³§±ðò²Ô²¹¾±»å: Seadh.
- Okay.
- °ä²¹¾±°ù¾±²õ³Ùì´Ç²Ô²¹: "A Mhaighstir Mhic a' Ghobhainn, a charaid"
- "Dear Mister Smith"
- ³§±ðò²Ô²¹¾±»å: Seadh.
- Okay.
- °ä²¹¾±°ù¾±²õ³Ùì´Ç²Ô²¹: "Tha mi toilichte leis a' phrìs a dh'ainmich sibh"
- "I am pleased with the price you named"
- ³§±ðò²Ô²¹¾±»å: “… a dh'ainmich sibh." Seadh?
- “… you named." Yes?
- °ä²¹¾±°ù¾±²õ³Ùì´Ç²Ô²¹: "Agus bu toigh leam dà cheud coimpiutair a cheannach"
- "And I would like to buy two hundred computers"
- ³§±ðò²Ô²¹¾±»å: Tha sin agam.
- I have that.
- °ä²¹¾±°ù¾±²õ³Ùì´Ç²Ô²¹: Dè eile a sgrìobhas mi?
- What else will I write?
- ³§±ðò²Ô²¹¾±»å: Uill, bha e tinn an t-seachdain sa chaidh…
- Well, he was ill last week…
- °ä²¹¾±°ù¾±²õ³Ùì´Ç²Ô²¹: Seadh. Cuir rudeigin ann mar "tha mi an dòchas gu bheil sibh nas fheà rr a-nis."
- Aye. Put in something like "I hope you are now better."
- ³§±ðò²Ô²¹¾±»å: Cuiridh. Dad eile?
- Okay. Anything else?
- °ä²¹¾±°ù¾±²õ³Ùì´Ç²Ô²¹: Nì sin an gnothach.
- That'll do.
- ³§±ðò²Ô²¹¾±»å: Agus dè chuireas mi ann aig an deireadh? "Le gaol.."?!
- And what will I put in at the end? "With love…"?!
- °ä²¹¾±°ù¾±²õ³Ùì´Ç²Ô²¹: Cha chuir gu dearbh, a Chairistìona! Dìreach cuir "le meas mòr"!
- You will certainly not, Christine! Just put "with great respect"!
- ³§±ðò²Ô²¹¾±»å: Dè mu dheidhinn "le deagh dhùrachd"?
- What about "with best wishes"?
- °ä²¹¾±°ù¾±²õ³Ùì´Ç²Ô²¹: Chan eil mi cho eòlach sin air. Nì "le meas mòr" an gnothach.
- I don't know him that well. "With great respect" will do the job.
